as in author
a person who creates a written work
a writer who is still trying to get published
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Recent Examples of writer
Despite their current confidence in the group, one NFL writer pointed to Dallas' decision to allow Rico Dowdle to walk in free agency as a move that contributes to what could be viewed as a mediocre offseason.
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Every writer, artist, and editor here feels that way.
—John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Alexandra Koch is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
Instead the line was conceived after the script writers, Al Reinert and Bill Broyles, interviewed Kranz at his home Texas, south of Johnson Space Center.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Every writer, artist, and editor here feels that way.
—John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Alexandra Koch is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
Instead the line was conceived after the script writers, Al Reinert and Bill Broyles, interviewed Kranz at his home Texas, south of Johnson Space Center.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
Noun
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The authors hope to continue to investigate how other developmental genes across other sea spider species may have appeared or disappeared throughout their life history, per Earth.com, potentially affecting their abdomens.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Their argument echoes the stance of legendary Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who championed writing in African languages and died in May, aged 87.—
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semafor.com,
11 July 2025
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The headphones allowed Saenz de Viteri to speak to each audience member directly, as a writer speaks to each reader, and alternate points-of-view from omniscient distance one minute to character interiority the next, like a daring novelist.—
Brian Schaefer
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
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That story is about two men, one an up-and-coming-actor and the other a want-to-be novelist, who fall into a deep brotherhood while sleeping with the same woman.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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Star Wars books From the days of the High Republic to the Rise of the First Order, storytellers from across the Star Wars galaxy offer behind-the-scenes stories.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Hill, the son of Stephen King, is an enthralling storyteller.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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And the obscure poets and thinkers went flying back into oblivion.—
Peter Wortsman
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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According to Greek and Roman legend, Lyra is a harp, or Lyre, given by the god Apollo to the famous poet and musician Orpheus.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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“Writer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writer. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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